Where not to park your jet at ROK.....ooops!

[Daver6]

This was shared with me. Yesterday morning at ROK

 

[Hvr]

Ouch, bogged the plane and I reckon they'll be bogged down in paperwork for awhile.

 

[RooFlyer]

That's taking cutting corners a bit far. I like the wheel chocs on the front wheels

 

[oz_mark]

I guess someone will be invited to afternoon tea with the chief pilot

 

[RooFlyer]

I guess someone will be invited to afternoon tea with the chief pilot

... with a bit of Tabasco on the cucumber sangers.

 

[jb747]

I guess someone will be invited to afternoon tea with the chief pilot

Only if it was done by a pilot. As the flaps look to be at a take off setting, my guess would be that this was done on push back.

Drop this into google maps. -23.378744020061625, 150.47699053982515

 

[Daver6]

Only if it was done by a pilot. As the flaps look to be at a take off setting, my guess would be that this was done on push back.

Drop this into google maps. -23.378744020061625, 150.47699053982515

I believe it was on arrival around 7.20pm local time. Ie dark. The photo must be from this morning.

 

[Daver6]

 

[Pushka]

Stupid place for grass patch isn't it?

 

[RooFlyer]

Stupid place for grass patch isn't it?

Lucky they took out the planter boxes, eh?

 

[jb747]

Well, someone will get to bend over. Taxying in. They've come off the centreline guidance from the taxiway, and literally just cut the corner. Forgiveness for taxiing events is hard to find.

 

[RooFlyer]

Well, someone will get to bend over. Taxying in. They've come off the centreline guidance from the taxiway, and literally just cut the corner. Forgiveness for taxiing events is hard to find.

Looking at the simulation posted above, assuming it’s accurate, any chance of some sort of steering failure if they were trying to do a 90° right turn, possibly at speed?

 

[jb747]

Looking at the simulation posted above, assuming it’s accurate, any chance of some sort of steering failure if they were trying to do a 90° right turn, possibly at speed?

Unlikely. And even so there should have plenty of room to stop. "At speed"....jeez, I hope not, having just done a 90º turn off the runway, and approaching the apron.

What they should have done is gone to the end of the taxiway, turned 90º right, and then shortly thereafter, 45º left. That would be on the guidance lines the whole way. What they seem to have done is a 45º right at the taxiway intersection, which lines them up the the parking bay, but takes them off the guidance line. I'd be curious to see what the lighting is like, but I'm not seeing much in the way of excuse at the moment.

 

[Flying Fox]

Someone might have to go out and buy some Maxtrax.

Any ideas of how this aircraft will be recovered? Will a crane be required?

 

[Mwenenzi]

A long time stuck in the ground
abc.net.au (16 July)-->Bogged airplane recovery at Rockhampton airport continues five days after sinking in soft ground

<snip>
Though the airline's engineering team had made progress on what it described as a "delicate" operation, the aircraft remains stuck. The spokesperson said the retrieval required specialist equipment not currently in Rockhampton.

"The wheels are in very soft ground and special equipment needs to be brought in from our larger engineering bases," the spokesperson said.

Qantas did not specify when the aircraft might be removed<snip>

QantasLink 717 stuck in the mud at Rockhampton

A QantasLink Boeing 717 has found itself stuck in the mud at Rockhampton Airport after its crew

australianaviation.com.au

 

[RooFlyer]

Love another quote from that article

But while taxiing at low speed to the parking bay the pilot "inadvertently guided the aircraft across soft ground and became stuck just before the terminal", the spokesperson said.

 

[AIRwin]

Love another quote from that article

But while taxiing at low speed to the parking bay the pilot "inadvertently guided the aircraft across soft ground and became stuck just before the terminal", the spokesperson said.

Caught between a ROK and a soft place...

 

[RooFlyer]

Caught between a ROK and a soft place...

One of the better lines on AFF for awhile

 

[CaptJCool]

After five days, Qantas is still trying to get this bogged plane out of soft ground

The QantasLink aircraft became stuck Monday evening after the pilot inadvertently guided it across soft ground while slowly taxiing to its parking bay.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mwenenzi]

Stupid place for grass patch isn't it?

Hard to tell the camber of the taxi way, but the grass may be where the rain drains to from the hard surface. (---> very wet)